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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Welcome home, Gus!

We are very happy to let you in on a little secret... we went and picked up a little guy we have been waiting for awhile now - meet our new little daschund, Gus! He is a long-haired chocolate dapple.

Warning - be prepared for lots of pictures!

Needless to say, we'll be too busy playin' around with new squeaky toys and seeing how his older brother Max adapts to this interesting creature invading his home, rather than making dinner tonight. Doesn't Gus look like a toy himself?

I will, however, be making a treat for Jeff to bring in for treat day, but it will be pushed back to Thursday this week!

Jeff has longed for a daschund and we had been tossing the idea around of getting one for quite some time. However, with Spike's passing a few months ago, we decided we wanted to wait until we both felt ready and the time has come for a new adventure!

So far, he's been getting used to his new kennel, tromping around outside and gobbling up his food... ahh the life of a puppy! We were pulled to this pup because of his outrageous looking coat and his laid back temperament - he also has gorgeous light blue eyes that will melt your heart!

Uh oh... I think he spotted a bunny - time to go run and catch him! Good exercise for all of us!

Delurking...I read and so enjoy your blog, Joe, but I've never commented before. I can't tell you how happy this post makes me. We had 2 goldens and lost our older girl to cancer about the same time you lost Spike. It was so hard, and DH and I are still trying to decide if our remaining girl wants/needs a companion, and if we are ready to bring another pup into our family. The fact that you found Gus, and that he's such a doll gives me hope that we'll eventually figure this all out. Thank you.

Oh my goodness, what a sweetheart! His eyes are just beautiful and he looks like he's going to have a really strong personality! Congratulations on your new addition to your home! I hope they both get on well...

Aaahhhhh so cute! Congratulations! It's funny - we adopted a dachshund from a shelter recently... but then she turned out not to be a dachshund! She's actually a Jack Russell! I love your photo of Max staring at Gus while he runs around with his toy.

Gus is adorable. A friend has a herd (3) of wire-haired dauschunds. I love them. Gus has found the best family. I'm looking forward to lots of pictures of Gus and Max. And new dog treat recipes to share with my dog friends.

Absolutely Adorable!!!! The eyes are the first thing to melt your heart and then that coat is as quinn said "a chocolate chip cookie". I'm sure Gus will love his big brother and the forthcoming doggie treats!

Thanks everyone! Max is doing much better than we hoped - he has been sniffing him pretty good, but for the most part he has just left him alone! A little baby growl once or twice, but they've already started playing together!

Oh goodness, so CUTE! Those baby blues definitely get to you. Absolutely adorable and I can't wait to see how he grows up into the lovely creature he will be. :-) Congrats on bringing Gus into your beautiful home!

Holy cow, Gus is cute! You need to send the one with the basketball toy to Cute overload! Looks like a fun dog. When I read that you got a dog named Gus, I thought of our neighbors long-haired dachund also named GUS! Then I saw yours is the same kind of dog. How cool. (Shh, yours looks cuter!)

Oh congratulations! In case no one warned you, once you get a dachshund, you kind of become "hooked". You really should get a dachshund brother for him as they are priceless in pairs. Have fun! And don't let him get fat that is horrible for him (he looks like he has the sad eyes down pat)!

Oh god! That is ADORABLE! I have a one myself but Gus' coat is absolutely amazing! And those eyes?! Amazing. Sooo cute! What's Max's breed? He looks just like an American Eskimo! Or a pure white Pomperanian (spellcheck? haha)

Ok, so I just spent the last 1/2 trying to find this post so I could figure out what kind of dog Gus was hahaha...so can I ask, where did you get Gus? Our dog recently passed away and we are thinking about getting another one. Gus is adorable!